Crews laying groundwork for Provo train

(SALT LAKE TRIBUNE) -- Nearly a quarter of the contract work to build FrontRunner commuter rail from Salt Lake City to Provo is complete, but there's plenty of heavy lifting to come.

Specifically, the Utah Transit Authority still must shift Union Pacific freight tracks to the east through the Jordan River narrows near Bluffdale. And earthmovers are busy digging away at the hillside there just to make room for a second track.

There also is the matter of 30 bridges -- 28 more than UTA had to erect for FrontRunner north to Ogden.

"The north project was good practice," said FrontRunner South project manager Steve Meyer.

On Wednesday morning, UTA staffers and several board members toured the 44-mile construction zone for the $850

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